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NickB79

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22. A few thoughts on that
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 04:30 PM
Nov 2013

1) Even the guest speaker in your video said they couldn't associate the radiation levels detected with Fukushima. That was a prudent move on their part, because high radiation levels have also been associated with coal-fired power plants and fracking wastes.

2) They reference RadCast.org, which has virtually nothing online to detail who they are, how they obtain their numbers, or any other critical information one would need to make a critical assessment of their validity. Their website is virtually devoid of anything one could use to determine if they are a credible source, one way or another: http://radcast.org/index.html#

3) No one else except RadCast has been reporting these numbers. I would expect that, at the very least, a few colleges around the nation would be getting odd readings as well, because many college campuses keep radiological records through the science departments and various student/faculty research.

4) It's also a very odd distribution pattern, with a spot in Wisconsin and areas of the East Coast reporting almost the same readings as California and the West Coast? And then ONE spike twice that of any others?

And since I'm in Minnesota, not California, I can't tell you how the marijuana crop is doing, sorry. I can tell you the corn and soybeans did great up here this year, and my beans, tomatoes and peppers did exemplary though, which is strange considering that Radcast.Org says a radioactive cloud snuck past us to get into Wisconsin

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Radioactive Pot? [View all] chknltl Nov 2013 OP
Well, soon you will see crazed naked stoners running around SomethingFishy Nov 2013 #1
Maybe they will dust off this guy and give him a new job The Straight Story Nov 2013 #2
LOL your age is showing brother... SomethingFishy Nov 2013 #6
Had that sticker on my wall when I was a kid The Straight Story Nov 2013 #7
Hehe.. back in the day when you could use a cartoon SomethingFishy Nov 2013 #8
About as much as sunspots. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #3
So there is nothing to worry about? chknltl Nov 2013 #9
Hot rains? NickB79 Nov 2013 #15
Here you go chknltl Nov 2013 #19
A few thoughts on that NickB79 Nov 2013 #22
I suppose asking this on DU was silly. chknltl Nov 2013 #23
The answer is simple. None. na longship Nov 2013 #28
A friend of mine got an intern job at a nuke plant. HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #30
That stuff will really fuku up Blue Owl Nov 2013 #4
DU'zy nom! n/t ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2013 #12
This has already been addressed dogknob Nov 2013 #5
WTF Renew Deal Nov 2013 #10
That was a great movie! rdharma Nov 2013 #11
I recommend to avoid at all costs, the tests show it is extremely dangerous for use Revanchist Nov 2013 #13
LOL snooper2 Nov 2013 #14
Same effect as radioactive bananas. tridim Nov 2013 #16
The crop is bigger than ever... Jesus Malverde Nov 2013 #17
I am from Washington State chknltl Nov 2013 #20
In some sense the price has collapsed with California farmers using light deprivation Jesus Malverde Nov 2013 #31
For an answer, please send me one pound of that questionable weed, MineralMan Nov 2013 #18
Oh MM, call me a pot snob but.... chknltl Nov 2013 #24
"Godzilla Weed" flamingdem Nov 2013 #21
There is no radioactive rain in California. Coyotl Nov 2013 #25
Watch out for 3-eyed buds. Erose999 Nov 2013 #26
Stay away from the orange pot! FarCenter Nov 2013 #27
None, as far as I know. KamaAina Nov 2013 #29
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